Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW
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This is it. The beginning of the end. The final chapter in Machinima's Prime Wars trilogy, bringing with it my last reviews for the series. I've reviewed Combiner Wars, Titans Return, and now it's time to review the finale season. We still have lots of episodes to get through, though, before we get to the true ending, so let's buckle up for one last ride, courtesy of Power of the Primes.
The episode gives us a brand new title sequence, featuring a logo cut by a laser from the floating head of Unicron, (Spoilers, maybe?) who looks like he was rendered using the animation software from the G2 commercials. It leads us to the title of the episode...
-Insert obligatory, completely original Shrek joke here-
Megatronus, voiced by Mark Hamill, starts us off by explaining to some mysterious force, whoistotallynotUnicronwhydoyouask, that he has to find a relic called the Requiem Blaster to complete the ancient...triumphurent? Right off the bat the usual problems pop up, blocky animation, expressionless faces, terrible lip sync, the usual, but they all seem to be worse this time around. It definitely seems like the series was rushed to try to premiere at the same time the coinciding toys were on store shelves, something neither of the two previous shows were able to do. Most of the movements characters make are sudden, with just a few frames dedicated to each. We'll dive into that more a bit later in the episode.
Anyway, Megatronus has a brief flashback to the era of the original 13 Primes, back when he had used the requiem blaster for good to defeat evil, not the other way around. It also introduces a frankly strange love interest in the form of Solus Prime. Solus wants the blaster destroyed, and Megatronus is offended that she doesn't trust him to keep it safe. Solus' performance is stale and rigid, especially given that she's trying to be portrayed as a warm, charming character. But, similarly, voice direction has not been one of the past show's highlights.
Because even Megatronus has to have a villain backstory. For some reason.
This whole scene gets a bit exposition heavy, and doesn't flow very well as a normal conversation. It's quite painfully obvious that this scene is purely to inform the viewer of Megatronus' plan and backstory, even though there are more organic ways of achieving that. Megatronus doesn't find the blaster, and dissapears, off to search another area.
We then catch up with the main cast, consisting of Perceptor, Windblade, Victorion, and Megatron, who find themselves being watched in the middle of a cybernetic swamp. The same story with Megatronus and Solus is detailed again, making the previous scene unneeded. While it's hard to get across in text form, there's a scene here that shows all of these characters together, talking one at a time. The only character that ever moves, blinks, or changes their facial expressions is the one that's talking. The rest are just still character models until it's their turn to talk. This looks AWFUL, and has to be one of the worst looking shots I've noticed in any of these shows. The way the characters are animated makes them look lifeless enough, let alone just making them stand frozen when they aren't talking.
The group is then ambushed by the Dinobots, who appear from the plant growth in the swamp.
*Live Studio Audience Applauds*
Something extremely important to note here is that, despite the Dinobots combining later in the episode, they all have their own personalities and voices, something other combiner members in this show notably do not have. It's been all but established that the limbs of combiners are little more than drones, and it's just one consciousness shared between the members. This totally retcons that entire thing, showing that (at least with Volcanicus) each member has a consciousness, identity, name, voice, and (in the case of Grimlock and Slug at minimum) a robot mode and the ability to transform.
So wait, does that mean Dust Up just got straight up sliced in half? Is she dead? How can Victorion still control her right arm? This presents so many questions.
To the episode's credit, it is really nice to hear Gregg Berger as Grimlock again. He delivers a great performance, and it's a great callback to the original show.
The Dinobots start attacking the gang, because they don't trust Megatron. Grimlock takes out Megatron with the slowest, easiest-to-see-coming tail swipe ever. He then grabs Perceptor, trying to drown him, even though he shouldn't need air to breathe. There are several instances here where a few more frames would have made things look considerably smoother, such as when Perceptor gets knocked over. On the first couple of watches I genuinely though he just clipped through Grimlock's leg.
Grimlock moves more like a sock puppet here then I would like to admit.
Meanwhile, the other members of the expedition are having their own problems with the dinos. For instance, Victorion is having to deal with both Sludge and Snarl, who both seem to be nearly the same size as her even though we've seen Volcanicus and Victorion being the same size in trailers.
I swear to Primus they're saying "TOM" "HANKS!" "TOM" "HANKS!"
And then we're treated to the best/worst part of the entire episode. Windblade is in the middle of a battle with Slug, and tosses him across the clearing. In the next shot, however, he stands up, transformed, about ten feet away on her left. You can see Windblade on the ground after tossing Slug in the lower left hand corner of the first image, and then where Slug pops back up in literally the NEXT SHOT in image 2. Who in the production office decided that was okay?
...10 outta 10
The Dinobots regroup, and reveal to the cast that they can form Volcanicus, the bombshell on which the episode ends.
That was quite the episode. I wish I could say that they've fixed everything, or that it's even an improvement over the last series, but I honestly can't. The mouth movements are worse, the animation feels rushed, the writing is still terrible, the voice direction and some of the acting isn't good, and there's glaring continuity errors that are just glossed over. There isn't enough story to fully critique yet, so I'll reserve my judgement for the full series until more episodes are released, but I don't harbor a lot of hope.
Thanks for tuning in with me to take a look at Power of the Primes. If you want to watch the episode for yourself and tell me if I was right or wrong, you can find it on Go90 or the Transformers Tumblr page. Join me next week as we take a look at episode 2!
The episode gives us a brand new title sequence, featuring a logo cut by a laser from the floating head of Unicron, (Spoilers, maybe?) who looks like he was rendered using the animation software from the G2 commercials. It leads us to the title of the episode...
-Insert obligatory, completely original Shrek joke here-
Megatronus, voiced by Mark Hamill, starts us off by explaining to some mysterious force, whoistotallynotUnicronwhydoyouask, that he has to find a relic called the Requiem Blaster to complete the ancient...triumphurent? Right off the bat the usual problems pop up, blocky animation, expressionless faces, terrible lip sync, the usual, but they all seem to be worse this time around. It definitely seems like the series was rushed to try to premiere at the same time the coinciding toys were on store shelves, something neither of the two previous shows were able to do. Most of the movements characters make are sudden, with just a few frames dedicated to each. We'll dive into that more a bit later in the episode.
Anyway, Megatronus has a brief flashback to the era of the original 13 Primes, back when he had used the requiem blaster for good to defeat evil, not the other way around. It also introduces a frankly strange love interest in the form of Solus Prime. Solus wants the blaster destroyed, and Megatronus is offended that she doesn't trust him to keep it safe. Solus' performance is stale and rigid, especially given that she's trying to be portrayed as a warm, charming character. But, similarly, voice direction has not been one of the past show's highlights.
Because even Megatronus has to have a villain backstory. For some reason.
This whole scene gets a bit exposition heavy, and doesn't flow very well as a normal conversation. It's quite painfully obvious that this scene is purely to inform the viewer of Megatronus' plan and backstory, even though there are more organic ways of achieving that. Megatronus doesn't find the blaster, and dissapears, off to search another area.
We then catch up with the main cast, consisting of Perceptor, Windblade, Victorion, and Megatron, who find themselves being watched in the middle of a cybernetic swamp. The same story with Megatronus and Solus is detailed again, making the previous scene unneeded. While it's hard to get across in text form, there's a scene here that shows all of these characters together, talking one at a time. The only character that ever moves, blinks, or changes their facial expressions is the one that's talking. The rest are just still character models until it's their turn to talk. This looks AWFUL, and has to be one of the worst looking shots I've noticed in any of these shows. The way the characters are animated makes them look lifeless enough, let alone just making them stand frozen when they aren't talking.
The group is then ambushed by the Dinobots, who appear from the plant growth in the swamp.
*Live Studio Audience Applauds*
Something extremely important to note here is that, despite the Dinobots combining later in the episode, they all have their own personalities and voices, something other combiner members in this show notably do not have. It's been all but established that the limbs of combiners are little more than drones, and it's just one consciousness shared between the members. This totally retcons that entire thing, showing that (at least with Volcanicus) each member has a consciousness, identity, name, voice, and (in the case of Grimlock and Slug at minimum) a robot mode and the ability to transform.
So wait, does that mean Dust Up just got straight up sliced in half? Is she dead? How can Victorion still control her right arm? This presents so many questions.
To the episode's credit, it is really nice to hear Gregg Berger as Grimlock again. He delivers a great performance, and it's a great callback to the original show.
The Dinobots start attacking the gang, because they don't trust Megatron. Grimlock takes out Megatron with the slowest, easiest-to-see-coming tail swipe ever. He then grabs Perceptor, trying to drown him, even though he shouldn't need air to breathe. There are several instances here where a few more frames would have made things look considerably smoother, such as when Perceptor gets knocked over. On the first couple of watches I genuinely though he just clipped through Grimlock's leg.
Grimlock moves more like a sock puppet here then I would like to admit.
Meanwhile, the other members of the expedition are having their own problems with the dinos. For instance, Victorion is having to deal with both Sludge and Snarl, who both seem to be nearly the same size as her even though we've seen Volcanicus and Victorion being the same size in trailers.
I swear to Primus they're saying "TOM" "HANKS!" "TOM" "HANKS!"
And then we're treated to the best/worst part of the entire episode. Windblade is in the middle of a battle with Slug, and tosses him across the clearing. In the next shot, however, he stands up, transformed, about ten feet away on her left. You can see Windblade on the ground after tossing Slug in the lower left hand corner of the first image, and then where Slug pops back up in literally the NEXT SHOT in image 2. Who in the production office decided that was okay?
...10 outta 10
The Dinobots regroup, and reveal to the cast that they can form Volcanicus, the bombshell on which the episode ends.
That was quite the episode. I wish I could say that they've fixed everything, or that it's even an improvement over the last series, but I honestly can't. The mouth movements are worse, the animation feels rushed, the writing is still terrible, the voice direction and some of the acting isn't good, and there's glaring continuity errors that are just glossed over. There isn't enough story to fully critique yet, so I'll reserve my judgement for the full series until more episodes are released, but I don't harbor a lot of hope.
Thanks for tuning in with me to take a look at Power of the Primes. If you want to watch the episode for yourself and tell me if I was right or wrong, you can find it on Go90 or the Transformers Tumblr page. Join me next week as we take a look at episode 2!
Credit(s): Go90
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Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957325)
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 2nd, 2018 @ 3:47pm CDT
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 2nd, 2018 @ 3:47pm CDT
Sorry for the delay on this one, guys and gals. Life got ahead of me yesterday. Enjoy! 
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957335)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 2nd, 2018 @ 4:24pm CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 2nd, 2018 @ 4:24pm CDT
Okay bronzewolf, which staff member did you insult in order to be forced to watch this series?
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957339)
Posted by kurthy on May 2nd, 2018 @ 4:37pm CDT
Thank you for suffering through the episode so I don't have to!
Where were you during Beast Machines?
Posted by kurthy on May 2nd, 2018 @ 4:37pm CDT
Bronzewolf wrote:Sorry for the delay on this one, guys and gals. Life got ahead of me yesterday. Enjoy!
Thank you for suffering through the episode so I don't have to!
Where were you during Beast Machines?
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957348)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 2nd, 2018 @ 4:49pm CDT
He told Burn Stalker sucked and Scrounge deserved to smelt in the pool. Burn disabled his ability to post unless he agreed to be the reviewer for the series.
On that note, the one good thing: Finally, a combination sequence. And of all people it's the Dinobots.
Where are the other 3 combiners? and Fort Max? Weren't they coming too?
Also, come on Victorion, get that arm fixed. Dustup is missing her legs for Primus' sake!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 2nd, 2018 @ 4:49pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Okay bronzewolf, which staff member did you insult in order to be forced to watch this series?
He told Burn Stalker sucked and Scrounge deserved to smelt in the pool. Burn disabled his ability to post unless he agreed to be the reviewer for the series.
On that note, the one good thing: Finally, a combination sequence. And of all people it's the Dinobots.
Where are the other 3 combiners? and Fort Max? Weren't they coming too?
Also, come on Victorion, get that arm fixed. Dustup is missing her legs for Primus' sake!
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957351)
Posted by Deadput on May 2nd, 2018 @ 5:01pm CDT
Dustup doesn't exist remember?
Victorion is just missing an arm.
Posted by Deadput on May 2nd, 2018 @ 5:01pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Also, come on Victorion, get that arm fixed. Dustup is missing her legs for Primus' sake!
Dustup doesn't exist remember?
Victorion is just missing an arm.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957354)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 2nd, 2018 @ 5:05pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 2nd, 2018 @ 5:05pm CDT
Stromclash does, at least.Deadput wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Also, come on Victorion, get that arm fixed. Dustup is missing her legs for Primus' sake!
Dustup doesn't exist remember?
Victorion is just missing an arm.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957384)
Posted by Skritz on May 2nd, 2018 @ 7:57pm CDT
Posted by Skritz on May 2nd, 2018 @ 7:57pm CDT
Oddly enough, the Dinobots seem to be the reverse of how this show treated combiners in that they are individuals who merge into one bigger robot. I'm sure this was always the intent behind Combiners even in this serie as this is how Combiners always worked, several individuals fused into a bigger robot...and yet?
I can't help but think that when they wrote Combiner Wars and Titans Return they handled the concept in reverse. That the combined whole is the character and the limbs are sub component. If you look at the writing of the last two shows as a misunderstanding of the incompetent writers it suddenly make sense: they though the big combined robot was the individual who split into smaller bots rather than smaller individuals merging into a bigger robot.
I can't help but think that when they wrote Combiner Wars and Titans Return they handled the concept in reverse. That the combined whole is the character and the limbs are sub component. If you look at the writing of the last two shows as a misunderstanding of the incompetent writers it suddenly make sense: they though the big combined robot was the individual who split into smaller bots rather than smaller individuals merging into a bigger robot.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957387)
Posted by william-james88 on May 2nd, 2018 @ 8:08pm CDT
Perfect review Bronzewolf, I like how you say it like it is. And I am in complete agreement.
I use no hyperbole when I say that this is the worse TF fiction I have ever bore witness to. Granted I have never looked into Kissplayers but I have watched all the Bay films.
Posted by william-james88 on May 2nd, 2018 @ 8:08pm CDT
Bronzewolf wrote:I wish I could say that they've fixed everything, or that it's even an improvement over the last series, but I honestly can't. The mouth movements are worse, the animation feels rushed, the writing is still terrible, the voice direction and some of the acting isn't good, and there's glaring continuity errors that are just glossed over. There isn't enough story to fully critique yet, so I'll reserve my judgement for the full series until more episodes are released, but I don't harbor a lot of hope.
Perfect review Bronzewolf, I like how you say it like it is. And I am in complete agreement.
I use no hyperbole when I say that this is the worse TF fiction I have ever bore witness to. Granted I have never looked into Kissplayers but I have watched all the Bay films.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957400)
Posted by Skritz on May 2nd, 2018 @ 9:47pm CDT
Posted by Skritz on May 2nd, 2018 @ 9:47pm CDT
The Prime Wars toyline may go down in Tf history as a good line but it's cartoons will be something we'll look back at and laugh about for decades. Just like Energon.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957405)
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 2nd, 2018 @ 10:05pm CDT
It's a love hate relationship. I'm a hardcore MST3k fan, so I enjoy sitting and making fun of it. I enjoy writing the jokes/image captions. I don't enjoy the series. It was actually voluntary in the beginning. I just wanted something to review. Va'al had the comics, and I was almost never able to get any new toys before everybody else, so I took Combiner Wars. Worst/best decision ever.
Thank you! I appreciate it!:D
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 2nd, 2018 @ 10:05pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Okay bronzewolf, which staff member did you insult in order to be forced to watch this series?
It's a love hate relationship. I'm a hardcore MST3k fan, so I enjoy sitting and making fun of it. I enjoy writing the jokes/image captions. I don't enjoy the series. It was actually voluntary in the beginning. I just wanted something to review. Va'al had the comics, and I was almost never able to get any new toys before everybody else, so I took Combiner Wars. Worst/best decision ever.william-james88 wrote:Bronzewolf wrote:I wish I could say that they've fixed everything, or that it's even an improvement over the last series, but I honestly can't. The mouth movements are worse, the animation feels rushed, the writing is still terrible, the voice direction and some of the acting isn't good, and there's glaring continuity errors that are just glossed over. There isn't enough story to fully critique yet, so I'll reserve my judgement for the full series until more episodes are released, but I don't harbor a lot of hope.
Perfect review Bronzewolf, I like how you say it like it is. And I am in complete agreement.
I use no hyperbole when I say that this is the worse TF fiction I have ever bore witness to. Granted I have never looked into Kissplayers but I have watched all the Bay films.
Thank you! I appreciate it!:D
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957473)
Posted by horus on May 3rd, 2018 @ 12:59pm CDT
Posted by horus on May 3rd, 2018 @ 12:59pm CDT
is there a place were european fans can watch the episode online?
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957475)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 3rd, 2018 @ 1:04pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 3rd, 2018 @ 1:04pm CDT
https://transformersprimewars.tumblr.com/post/173471320499/transformers-prime-wars-trilogy-s3e1-the-swamphorus wrote:is there a place were european fans can watch the episode online?
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957476)
Posted by horus on May 3rd, 2018 @ 1:05pm CDT
Posted by horus on May 3rd, 2018 @ 1:05pm CDT
Thanks Sabrblade!!
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957491)
Posted by bluecatcinema on May 3rd, 2018 @ 1:45pm CDT
Posted by bluecatcinema on May 3rd, 2018 @ 1:45pm CDT
On the subject of Perceptor drowning: Maybe there was something in the swamp that would mess up his internal workings if he was down there too long?
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957494)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 3rd, 2018 @ 1:50pm CDT
Hot Rod started gasping and gagging in desperation to breathe.
In space.
Where there is no air.
Posted by Sabrblade on May 3rd, 2018 @ 1:50pm CDT
No need to rationalize it. This kind of dumbness goes all the way back to G1, in which there were cases like when Galvatron tried to choke Hot Rod in the 1986 movie.bluecatcinema wrote:On the subject of Perceptor drowning: Maybe there was something in the swamp that would mess up his internal workings if he was down there too long?
Hot Rod started gasping and gagging in desperation to breathe.
In space.
Where there is no air.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957867)
Posted by Va'al on May 6th, 2018 @ 3:00am CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 6th, 2018 @ 3:00am CDT
A new interview over on ESPN gives us a little insight into one of the characters showing up in the third chapter of the Transformers Prime Wars trilogy series on Machinima - the Predacon combiner Predaking - and its voice actor Samoa Joe, a professional wrestler from TNA, Ring of Honor, NXT and WWE. He talks about his approach to the role and interest in the Transformers franchise, and his excitement for the gig. Take a read below, see the whole piece here, and join the discussion in the comments!
Even though Joe was out of commission for a few months at the start of 2018, he remained busy with another major step forward in his life and career with his biggest voice-acting role to date.
After lending his voice to the Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series and Dota 2, Samoa Joe took on the role of Predaking in Transformers: Power of the Primes. Joining a cast of heavy hitters that includes Mark Hamill, Ron Perlman, Jaime King, Wil Wheaton and Judd Nelson, among many others, Samoa Joe slipped naturally into a role that he was seemingly destined to play.
"I grew up watching Transformers," he said. "I think it was one of the first cartoons that I started watching as a kid. It was awesome. I would set my clock every morning before I went to school. It was a big part of my childhood.
"It was easy to throw myself in the character, it was fun," Joe continued. "As a child, I think everybody imitates their favorite cartoon character in some form or another when they're playing. To find themselves as a grown adult -- getting that chance and having it actually become part of that cartoon is a real cool thing."
Transformers: Power of the Primes, which debuted on Tuesday on go90 and tumblr, allowed Joe to channel the most villainous elements of his character while embracing passions from his past. He'll have a similar opportunity after Sunday once he settles into his new home on SmackDown Live, with familiar faces and new opponents alike.
[...]
"I play Predaking -- what happens when all the Predacons, which are these vicious animal robots that combine together," said Joe. "Predaking's basically this character who -- without giving away any spoilers -- he's on a hunt and he's looking to find his prey by any means necessary. He's a very violent individual, he's a very vicious individual, and when the producers were kind of looking around and wondering who to cast that role, I think my name was on of the forefront."
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957868)
Posted by steve2275 on May 6th, 2018 @ 3:02am CDT
Posted by steve2275 on May 6th, 2018 @ 3:02am CDT
samoa joe is one of the best heels in wwe
and worthy of his predaking role
and worthy of his predaking role
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1957877)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 6th, 2018 @ 6:07am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 6th, 2018 @ 6:07am CDT
Used to watch Samoa Joe in TNA for years being awesome at his job. Good times.
This cast seems better than what this animation deserves.
This cast seems better than what this animation deserves.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958206)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 8th, 2018 @ 7:18am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 8th, 2018 @ 7:18am CDT
Episode 2:
Go90 - https://www.go90.com/videos/4f1bd9jYEB5
Tumblr - https://transformersprimewars.tumblr.com/post/173693337028/transformers-prime-wars-trilogy-s3e2-volcanicus
And for those who can't view either the Go90 or Tumblr versions:
VK - https://vk.com/video-56732771_456239763
Go90 - https://www.go90.com/videos/4f1bd9jYEB5
Tumblr - https://transformersprimewars.tumblr.com/post/173693337028/transformers-prime-wars-trilogy-s3e2-volcanicus
And for those who can't view either the Go90 or Tumblr versions:
VK - https://vk.com/video-56732771_456239763
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958209)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 8th, 2018 @ 7:37am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 8th, 2018 @ 7:37am CDT
The Matrix of Chaos in this show looks nothing like its toy, instead using the old BotCon 2000 design of the Matrix of Conquest.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958268)
Posted by o.supreme on May 8th, 2018 @ 11:51am CDT
Posted by o.supreme on May 8th, 2018 @ 11:51am CDT
ok, so it could be that I am in just a foul mood as it is, but that 2nd episode was one of the worst things I've ever seen period. I don't even want to waste summarizing all the wrongness from it. It's like someone took many of the characters I like and did the exact opposite of what should be done... 
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958271)
Posted by Skritz on May 8th, 2018 @ 11:56am CDT
You know what? That's....actually pretty cool. Certainly more unique than just a recolored Matrix.
Posted by Skritz on May 8th, 2018 @ 11:56am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:The Matrix of Chaos in this show looks nothing like its toy, instead using the old BotCon 2000 design of the Matrix of Conquest.
You know what? That's....actually pretty cool. Certainly more unique than just a recolored Matrix.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958285)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 8th, 2018 @ 12:48pm CDT
Haven't you described the majority of this trilogy?
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 8th, 2018 @ 12:48pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:ok, so it could be that I am in just a foul mood as it is, but that 2nd episode was one of the worst things I've ever seen period. I don't even want to waste summarizing all the wrongness from it. It's like someone took many of the characters I like and did the exact opposite of what should be done...
Haven't you described the majority of this trilogy?
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958293)
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 8th, 2018 @ 1:34pm CDT
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 8th, 2018 @ 1:34pm CDT
What a boatload to unpack. Ugh. Review coming at the normal time, around 2 Pacific. Stay Tuned!
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958294)
Posted by o.supreme on May 8th, 2018 @ 1:39pm CDT
yeah, but even in the dumpster fire that these series have been. There were a few embers that made me think *huh...that's kind of cool*...very, very few, but still they were there. This was just...like Bronzewolf said....ugh.... I wanted to say Volcanicus roaring was cool...but I cant even bring myself to do that.
Posted by o.supreme on May 8th, 2018 @ 1:39pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:o.supreme wrote:ok, so it could be that I am in just a foul mood as it is, but that 2nd episode was one of the worst things I've ever seen period. I don't even want to waste summarizing all the wrongness from it. It's like someone took many of the characters I like and did the exact opposite of what should be done...
Haven't you described the majority of this trilogy?
yeah, but even in the dumpster fire that these series have been. There were a few embers that made me think *huh...that's kind of cool*...very, very few, but still they were there. This was just...like Bronzewolf said....ugh.... I wanted to say Volcanicus roaring was cool...but I cant even bring myself to do that.
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Posted by Bronzewolf on May 8th, 2018 @ 2:31pm CDT
It's cool until you realise it's the first image result that comes up when you google "Matrix of Chaos". Knowing this show and this production team, I'd wager it wasn't intentional.
https://www.google.com/search?q=matrix+ ... e&ie=UTF-8
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 8th, 2018 @ 2:31pm CDT
Skritz wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The Matrix of Chaos in this show looks nothing like its toy, instead using the old BotCon 2000 design of the Matrix of Conquest.
You know what? That's....actually pretty cool. Certainly more unique than just a recolored Matrix.
It's cool until you realise it's the first image result that comes up when you google "Matrix of Chaos". Knowing this show and this production team, I'd wager it wasn't intentional.
https://www.google.com/search?q=matrix+ ... e&ie=UTF-8
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Posted by Burn on May 8th, 2018 @ 3:11pm CDT
It's not your mood (unless I'm in a foul mood as well which I don't think I am). The dialogue in that episode was a fucking joke. It felt like it was written by an amateur.
Victorion was an utter joke every time she spoke.
Volcanicus "searching" involved stomping around in a circle.
Victorions plan to distract Volcanicus with something shiny seemed to work better on Megatron.
Predaking sounded less like Samoa Joe and more like Matt "Broken" Hardy.
Megatronus' head ... ughhhh I can't take him seriously every time I see him because of that head.
First part was okay, but any tone it set has been rapidly undone by this second part.
Posted by Burn on May 8th, 2018 @ 3:11pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:ok, so it could be that I am in just a foul mood as it is, but that 2nd episode was one of the worst things I've ever seen period.
It's not your mood (unless I'm in a foul mood as well which I don't think I am). The dialogue in that episode was a fucking joke. It felt like it was written by an amateur.
Victorion was an utter joke every time she spoke.
Volcanicus "searching" involved stomping around in a circle.
Victorions plan to distract Volcanicus with something shiny seemed to work better on Megatron.
Predaking sounded less like Samoa Joe and more like Matt "Broken" Hardy.
Megatronus' head ... ughhhh I can't take him seriously every time I see him because of that head.
First part was okay, but any tone it set has been rapidly undone by this second part.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958307)
Posted by WreckerJack on May 8th, 2018 @ 3:33pm CDT
Posted by WreckerJack on May 8th, 2018 @ 3:33pm CDT
The second episode of Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes is now ready for watching. You can find it here on Go90.com. If you are not in the US or Go90 doesn't work for you you can watch on Machinima's official Tumblr page. You can thank Sabrblade for pointing this out to us. Again we will leave you with just the episode description to avoid spoiling anything for you. If you missed the first episode, we have the information here. Enjoy!
Megatron awakens miles away to find a mysterious structure. Curious, he makes his way there, leaving his team to fend for themselves. Vulnerable without him, the team is on the brink of defeat at the hands of Volcanicus when another threat arrives hoping to destroy them.
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Posted by Decepticon Stryker on May 8th, 2018 @ 3:51pm CDT
Posted by Decepticon Stryker on May 8th, 2018 @ 3:51pm CDT
My biggest disappointment with this series is how slow the action can get. It's like everyone is moving normally one minute, then the next they're swimming in syrup.
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Posted by WreckerJack on May 8th, 2018 @ 4:00pm CDT
Posted by WreckerJack on May 8th, 2018 @ 4:00pm CDT
I have been trying to watch it but I get the spinning circle of doom. I'll leave my thoughts once my router cooperates.
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Posted by Bronzewolf on May 8th, 2018 @ 4:02pm CDT
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 8th, 2018 @ 4:02pm CDT
Another Tuesday brings another episode of Machinima's Power of the Primes cartoon. Last week we discussed episode one, and it was not great, to say the least. Will episode two do any better? Will it fare any worse? Let's find out, as we dive into Volcanicus!
(I also suppose I should warn you that the following review does contain spoilers for the POTP Cartoon, just in case. You can read my review of episode one here.)
We jump in where the first episode left off, in the "Primal Forest", with Victorion, Windblade, and Perceptor fighting the newly formed dinobot combiner, Volcanicus.
Uh, roll credits, I guess?
Similar to the last episode, this scene is riddled with bizarre continuity errors that just make no sense, and could have been resolved with simple editing. We're introduced to our first one here: Our heroes are trying to come up with a plan to take down Volcanicus, as they recognize they should be searching for the Requiem Blaster before it falls into Megatronus' hands. Windblade blames Victorion for making the Dinobots so angry they had to combine, saying they had them "Under control" (Suuuure), when Volcanicus tries to step on them. They appear surprised, as if they couldn't see him coming from a mile away. They decide to try to find Megatron, but Victorion says she doesn't need his help.
How does one get snuck up on BY A GIANT ROBOT DINOSAUR COMBINER?!
Speaking of old Megs, we catch back up with him, as well. After being thrown miles away (a distance described in the official episode summary) into the swamp by Grimlock in the last episode, he wakes up...ten feet from where Volcanicus and the main cast are?
?!?!?
Nearby, he sees a convenient odd glint of light in the forest. He decides to go investigate, leaving the rest of the crew to fend for themselves.
The scene changes and we finally see Devastator, Computron, and Menasor again, currently being questioned by Overlord and..."Rodimus Cron" Menasor swears he doesn't know anything about where Megatron and the others have gone, and Rodimus responds by shooting Computron through the chest, apparently dead now.
Devastator also gets shot through the chest, but survives. Overlord compliments Rodimus on his firepower, and has a flashback to him pulling the "Matrix of Chaos" out of Unicron's decapitated head. Megatronus (through hologram) congratulates Overlord for finding it. Something to notice here is the the Matrix of Chaos uses the Botcon 2000 design for the Matrix of Conquest. An interesting trivia bit pointed out by Seibertronian Sabrblade. Anyway, Devastator and Menasor decide to take them on, but they aren't strong enough, and Devastator gets shot through the chest again, launched through the air, and still survives.
What is physics?
Menasor gets his fist crushed by Overlord, and then gets kicked around for his trouble. Again to the show's credit, between DashieXP's vocal performance and an actually expressive face animation for once, this scene is quite painful and desperate. Even though Menasor only gets his hand crushed, it feels violent and dramatic. I just wish some of that drama and weight would carry over to other parts of the series. Character's deaths in particular.
Back in the swamps, Windblade and crew are still dealing with Volcanicus. The grand plan that Victorion came up with is to have Perceptor distract Volcanicus while the other two attack. Perceptor decides to do this by pretending to be a researcher who wants to ask Volcanicus a few questions, even though not only did Vocanicus just see him two seconds ago, but Grimlock identified him by name last episode.
However bad of a plan it is, it works for long enough to let Victorion take a swing at the Dinos, showing that she's nearly the same size, compared to earlier in the episode where she was dwarfed by Volcanicus.
What is scale?
Just when it looks like all hope is lost and Vocanicus has them beat, Predaking emerges from the swamp, taking out the Dinobots. He demands to know where the Enigma of Combination is. We cut away just as he decides to blast Victorion. We'll have to wait till episode three to see how that turns out.
Samoa Joe, a new actor to the Trilogy, actually puts on a great performance as Predaking from what we've seen so far of him. He's not really the traditional voice for the character, but it works well in my opinion.
Back at Metroplex City, the two remaining combiners are getting torn to shreds. Overlord Demands answers out of Menasor, and orders Rodimus to continue shooting Devastator until he gets them. Devastator gets an arm and a leg blown off before Menasor talks. He tells Overlord that Megatron headed to the Primal Swamp. Overlord orders Devastator killed anyway, and then kills Menasor by...(checks notecards) gently pushing on the back of his neck.
Devastator dies by a dozen shots straight through the spark from an agent of Unicron, and Menasor dies from an aggressive backrub. Got it.
Overlord and Rodimus then start their journey to the swamp, and the episode ends.
Episode two was arguably an improvement over the season opener, though I'm not sure if that's a complement, nor if it's good enough. It certainly doesn't instill faith into the rest of the series. It feels like it's just spinning it's wheels, getting nowhere, even though it's already introduced the majority of the main cast now, and they are all on separate missions. Episode two felt too much like filler with no point or purpose, and there's no tone to speak of. While bits and pieces work, the majority doesn't, especially with an angering amount of random continuity problems plaguing both episode one and two which, and correct me if I'm wrong, weren't as prevalent in either of the two previous shows. We'll see where it goes from here.
Thanks for reading my review of Machinima's Power of the Primes episode 2! If you want to watch it for yourself, you can find it on the Go90 platform and the Transformers Tumblr account. Make sure to share your thoughts on the episode and my review in the comments below, and then tune in next Tuesday when we'll take a look at episode three!
(I also suppose I should warn you that the following review does contain spoilers for the POTP Cartoon, just in case. You can read my review of episode one here.)
We jump in where the first episode left off, in the "Primal Forest", with Victorion, Windblade, and Perceptor fighting the newly formed dinobot combiner, Volcanicus.
Uh, roll credits, I guess?
Similar to the last episode, this scene is riddled with bizarre continuity errors that just make no sense, and could have been resolved with simple editing. We're introduced to our first one here: Our heroes are trying to come up with a plan to take down Volcanicus, as they recognize they should be searching for the Requiem Blaster before it falls into Megatronus' hands. Windblade blames Victorion for making the Dinobots so angry they had to combine, saying they had them "Under control" (Suuuure), when Volcanicus tries to step on them. They appear surprised, as if they couldn't see him coming from a mile away. They decide to try to find Megatron, but Victorion says she doesn't need his help.
How does one get snuck up on BY A GIANT ROBOT DINOSAUR COMBINER?!
Speaking of old Megs, we catch back up with him, as well. After being thrown miles away (a distance described in the official episode summary) into the swamp by Grimlock in the last episode, he wakes up...ten feet from where Volcanicus and the main cast are?
?!?!?
Nearby, he sees a convenient odd glint of light in the forest. He decides to go investigate, leaving the rest of the crew to fend for themselves.
The scene changes and we finally see Devastator, Computron, and Menasor again, currently being questioned by Overlord and..."Rodimus Cron" Menasor swears he doesn't know anything about where Megatron and the others have gone, and Rodimus responds by shooting Computron through the chest, apparently dead now.
Devastator also gets shot through the chest, but survives. Overlord compliments Rodimus on his firepower, and has a flashback to him pulling the "Matrix of Chaos" out of Unicron's decapitated head. Megatronus (through hologram) congratulates Overlord for finding it. Something to notice here is the the Matrix of Chaos uses the Botcon 2000 design for the Matrix of Conquest. An interesting trivia bit pointed out by Seibertronian Sabrblade. Anyway, Devastator and Menasor decide to take them on, but they aren't strong enough, and Devastator gets shot through the chest again, launched through the air, and still survives.
What is physics?
Menasor gets his fist crushed by Overlord, and then gets kicked around for his trouble. Again to the show's credit, between DashieXP's vocal performance and an actually expressive face animation for once, this scene is quite painful and desperate. Even though Menasor only gets his hand crushed, it feels violent and dramatic. I just wish some of that drama and weight would carry over to other parts of the series. Character's deaths in particular.
Back in the swamps, Windblade and crew are still dealing with Volcanicus. The grand plan that Victorion came up with is to have Perceptor distract Volcanicus while the other two attack. Perceptor decides to do this by pretending to be a researcher who wants to ask Volcanicus a few questions, even though not only did Vocanicus just see him two seconds ago, but Grimlock identified him by name last episode.
However bad of a plan it is, it works for long enough to let Victorion take a swing at the Dinos, showing that she's nearly the same size, compared to earlier in the episode where she was dwarfed by Volcanicus.
What is scale?
Just when it looks like all hope is lost and Vocanicus has them beat, Predaking emerges from the swamp, taking out the Dinobots. He demands to know where the Enigma of Combination is. We cut away just as he decides to blast Victorion. We'll have to wait till episode three to see how that turns out.
Samoa Joe, a new actor to the Trilogy, actually puts on a great performance as Predaking from what we've seen so far of him. He's not really the traditional voice for the character, but it works well in my opinion.
Back at Metroplex City, the two remaining combiners are getting torn to shreds. Overlord Demands answers out of Menasor, and orders Rodimus to continue shooting Devastator until he gets them. Devastator gets an arm and a leg blown off before Menasor talks. He tells Overlord that Megatron headed to the Primal Swamp. Overlord orders Devastator killed anyway, and then kills Menasor by...(checks notecards) gently pushing on the back of his neck.
Devastator dies by a dozen shots straight through the spark from an agent of Unicron, and Menasor dies from an aggressive backrub. Got it.
Overlord and Rodimus then start their journey to the swamp, and the episode ends.
Episode two was arguably an improvement over the season opener, though I'm not sure if that's a complement, nor if it's good enough. It certainly doesn't instill faith into the rest of the series. It feels like it's just spinning it's wheels, getting nowhere, even though it's already introduced the majority of the main cast now, and they are all on separate missions. Episode two felt too much like filler with no point or purpose, and there's no tone to speak of. While bits and pieces work, the majority doesn't, especially with an angering amount of random continuity problems plaguing both episode one and two which, and correct me if I'm wrong, weren't as prevalent in either of the two previous shows. We'll see where it goes from here.
Thanks for reading my review of Machinima's Power of the Primes episode 2! If you want to watch it for yourself, you can find it on the Go90 platform and the Transformers Tumblr account. Make sure to share your thoughts on the episode and my review in the comments below, and then tune in next Tuesday when we'll take a look at episode three!
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Posted by Qwan on May 8th, 2018 @ 6:22pm CDT
Posted by Qwan on May 8th, 2018 @ 6:22pm CDT
To be honest, the coolest moment (or I guess, the only cool moment?) to me was seeing Volcanicus open his mouth to roar. I guess I never thought about his mouth working that way, but it gives me pleasant thoughts of Unit-01 (or any of the other Evas too, I guess). That aside... yeah, not much to praise here.
In particular, how come Devastator can get a hole blown through his chest and be basically fine, but when the same happened to Optimus he was dead before he hit the ground? Consistency is not this show's strong suit, obviously, but like... of course the moment they decide to show characters actually getting physically damaged, it raises even more continuity questions. This show just can't catch a break.
In particular, how come Devastator can get a hole blown through his chest and be basically fine, but when the same happened to Optimus he was dead before he hit the ground? Consistency is not this show's strong suit, obviously, but like... of course the moment they decide to show characters actually getting physically damaged, it raises even more continuity questions. This show just can't catch a break.
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Posted by Bronzewolf on May 8th, 2018 @ 7:02pm CDT
Yeah, I thought about touching on that, the whole "never showing damage" thing. Speaking of, volcanicus got frickin' blasted by Predaking without a scratch.
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 8th, 2018 @ 7:02pm CDT
Qwan wrote:To be honest, the coolest moment (or I guess, the only cool moment?) to me was seeing Volcanicus open his mouth to roar. I guess I never thought about his mouth working that way, but it gives me pleasant thoughts of Unit-01 (or any of the other Evas too, I guess). That aside... yeah, not much to praise here.
In particular, how come Devastator can get a hole blown through his chest and be basically fine, but when the same happened to Optimus he was dead before he hit the ground? Consistency is not this show's strong suit, obviously, but like... of course the moment they decide to show characters actually getting physically damaged, it raises even more continuity questions. This show just can't catch a break.
Yeah, I thought about touching on that, the whole "never showing damage" thing. Speaking of, volcanicus got frickin' blasted by Predaking without a scratch.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958336)
Posted by WreckerJack on May 8th, 2018 @ 8:21pm CDT
Posted by WreckerJack on May 8th, 2018 @ 8:21pm CDT
I think it could have been better. Some of the action was really good but I wish they would take out some of the awkward anime grunts and close ups.
I wonder if Victorion will get her arm back at some point. I don't even remember how she lost it at this point.
I wonder if Victorion will get her arm back at some point. I don't even remember how she lost it at this point.
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Posted by Ultra Markus on May 8th, 2018 @ 9:08pm CDT
i doubt it, they will kill her off too, they will probably all die before megatron decides to throw his weight around killing overlord then he becomes unricons new minion GALVATRON!
Posted by Ultra Markus on May 8th, 2018 @ 9:08pm CDT
WreckerJack wrote:I think it could have been better. Some of the action was really good but I wish they would take out some of the awkward anime grunts and close ups.
I wonder if Victorion will get her arm back at some point. I don't even remember how she lost it at this point.
i doubt it, they will kill her off too, they will probably all die before megatron decides to throw his weight around killing overlord then he becomes unricons new minion GALVATRON!
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958350)
Posted by william-james88 on May 8th, 2018 @ 9:59pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 8th, 2018 @ 9:59pm CDT
How tall is this fucking grass!!!?!?!???!!
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958351)
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 8th, 2018 @ 10:09pm CDT
Posted by Bronzewolf on May 8th, 2018 @ 10:09pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:How tall is this **** grass!!!?!?!???!!
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Posted by william-james88 on May 8th, 2018 @ 10:14pm CDT
Haha, this grass is at least what, like 100 times that tall.
Which is nonsense and is the worst setting they could have for giant robots. Its dumb, plain and simple. Also, its lazy. They could have had trees or detailed vegetation but they couldnt afford that, so long strands of tall grass it is.
Posted by william-james88 on May 8th, 2018 @ 10:14pm CDT
Bronzewolf wrote:william-james88 wrote:How tall is this **** grass!!!?!?!???!!
Haha, this grass is at least what, like 100 times that tall.
Which is nonsense and is the worst setting they could have for giant robots. Its dumb, plain and simple. Also, its lazy. They could have had trees or detailed vegetation but they couldnt afford that, so long strands of tall grass it is.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958359)
Posted by Flashwave on May 8th, 2018 @ 11:39pm CDT
Not to defend this show or anything, cause it’s... not good, but You’re talking about a Combiner vs. a singular bot. Optimus Prime catches a blast through his chest and its fatal, because for lack of a better word, he only has one chest. Devastator’s “chest” is made up of 2 separate bots, and there are 6 sparks with six “brains” in there as well. Even if someone were to greviously wound Long Haul himself, there’s still a bunch of Constructicons in there, plenty of processing power for the whole, so long as Long Haul isn’t bleeding like a sieve or the damage is so great it hampers leg movement. Does that make sense?
Admittedly, a single shot killedCOmputron as well, and that makes Devy’s surviving less obvious, although one *might* argue that because of the way they combine, Computron’s one bot torso vs. Devy’s 2 bot torso there’s fewer redundancies.
Posted by Flashwave on May 8th, 2018 @ 11:39pm CDT
Qwan wrote:
In particular, how come Devastator can get a hole blown through his chest and be basically fine, but when the same happened to Optimus he was dead before he hit the ground? Consistency is not this show's strong suit, obviously, but like... of course the moment they decide to show characters actually getting physically damaged, it raises even more continuity questions. This show just can't catch a break.
Not to defend this show or anything, cause it’s... not good, but You’re talking about a Combiner vs. a singular bot. Optimus Prime catches a blast through his chest and its fatal, because for lack of a better word, he only has one chest. Devastator’s “chest” is made up of 2 separate bots, and there are 6 sparks with six “brains” in there as well. Even if someone were to greviously wound Long Haul himself, there’s still a bunch of Constructicons in there, plenty of processing power for the whole, so long as Long Haul isn’t bleeding like a sieve or the damage is so great it hampers leg movement. Does that make sense?
Admittedly, a single shot killedCOmputron as well, and that makes Devy’s surviving less obvious, although one *might* argue that because of the way they combine, Computron’s one bot torso vs. Devy’s 2 bot torso there’s fewer redundancies.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958360)
Posted by Ultra Markus on May 9th, 2018 @ 12:04am CDT
what i find odd is that devastator could have separated and fled but acted as though they were stuck combined and in the titan wars we clearly see longhaul seperate from the rest
it kind of bothers me that we have combiners that dont do their combining
Posted by Ultra Markus on May 9th, 2018 @ 12:04am CDT
Flashwave wrote:Qwan wrote:
In particular, how come Devastator can get a hole blown through his chest and be basically fine, but when the same happened to Optimus he was dead before he hit the ground? Consistency is not this show's strong suit, obviously, but like... of course the moment they decide to show characters actually getting physically damaged, it raises even more continuity questions. This show just can't catch a break.
Not to defend this show or anything, cause it’s... not good, but You’re talking about a Combiner vs. a singular bot. Optimus Prime catches a blast through his chest and its fatal, because for lack of a better word, he only has one chest. Devastator’s “chest” is made up of 2 separate bots, and there are 6 sparks with six “brains” in there as well. Even if someone were to greviously wound Long Haul himself, there’s still a bunch of Constructicons in there, plenty of processing power for the whole, so long as Long Haul isn’t bleeding like a sieve or the damage is so great it hampers leg movement. Does that make sense?
Admittedly, a single shot killedCOmputron as well, and that makes Devy’s surviving less obvious, although one *might* argue that because of the way they combine, Computron’s one bot torso vs. Devy’s 2 bot torso there’s fewer redundancies.
what i find odd is that devastator could have separated and fled but acted as though they were stuck combined and in the titan wars we clearly see longhaul seperate from the rest
it kind of bothers me that we have combiners that dont do their combining
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958399)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 9th, 2018 @ 6:45am CDT
Besides, the tall grass-like swamp flora of these episodes reminds me of when I used to play with my toys in the unmowed grass outside in the front yard, pretending that they were having adventures in a jungle.
Posted by Sabrblade on May 9th, 2018 @ 6:45am CDT
Not to defend this show for its choices, but why should alien/Cybertronian flora look exactly like Earthen flora? Why couldn't Cybertron's equivalent of trees look to our Earthen eyes instead like giant tubes of grass? These are alien plants, after all. There are no rules saying that all plant life in the universe has to have the same biological characteristics that make Earth's plants look the way they look.william-james88 wrote:Bronzewolf wrote:william-james88 wrote:How tall is this **** grass!!!?!?!???!!
Haha, this grass is at least what, like 100 times that tall.
Which is nonsense and is the worst setting they could have for giant robots. Its dumb, plain and simple. Also, its lazy. They could have had trees or detailed vegetation but they couldnt afford that, so long strands of tall grass it is.
Besides, the tall grass-like swamp flora of these episodes reminds me of when I used to play with my toys in the unmowed grass outside in the front yard, pretending that they were having adventures in a jungle.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958415)
Posted by o.supreme on May 9th, 2018 @ 9:22am CDT
Posted by o.supreme on May 9th, 2018 @ 9:22am CDT
I'd pay real money if someone dubbed this Audio over Volcanicus *searching* for the Autobots
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Posted by Rodimus Knight on May 9th, 2018 @ 9:47am CDT
That would be a kind of awesome...
So the original scale shown for Volcanicus in this, again bring back all the disappointment at the Dinobot Combiner being done at Deluxe Sizes. HE would have been so much more Badass does in Voyager class.
As someone else noted, I don't understand why the Combiners stay together like they do. Separating and attacked en mass from different angles would have made so much more sense. Then there is the combining with each other as a limb or torso gets destroyed.
And where those ball of light supposed to be the Combiner's spark? IF so it seems to go back to the idea that the combiner is the true robot and the separate parts are just drones. Of course thew you get to the Dinobot combiner, who have been shown not to be drones, but then their combiner mode is dumber then the writers of this series.
Posted by Rodimus Knight on May 9th, 2018 @ 9:47am CDT
o.supreme wrote:I'd pay real money if someone dubbed this Audio over Volcanicus *searching* for the Autobots
That would be a kind of awesome...
So the original scale shown for Volcanicus in this, again bring back all the disappointment at the Dinobot Combiner being done at Deluxe Sizes. HE would have been so much more Badass does in Voyager class.
As someone else noted, I don't understand why the Combiners stay together like they do. Separating and attacked en mass from different angles would have made so much more sense. Then there is the combining with each other as a limb or torso gets destroyed.
And where those ball of light supposed to be the Combiner's spark? IF so it seems to go back to the idea that the combiner is the true robot and the separate parts are just drones. Of course thew you get to the Dinobot combiner, who have been shown not to be drones, but then their combiner mode is dumber then the writers of this series.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958454)
Posted by DarkEnergon on May 9th, 2018 @ 11:57am CDT
Posted by DarkEnergon on May 9th, 2018 @ 11:57am CDT
So frustrating - so much activity that adds up to nothing.
I love the art and designs, but the animation and fights seem so slow and silly. I even like some of the humor and characterizations, but I mean nothing adds up. Some guys have really strong lasers, some don't? If I'm a combiner and I'm being pinned by the head, I'd be inclined to uncombine...
And I need to back in this thread, because I still don't even grasp what is going on with Megatronus and Starscream and Overlord and Solus Prime.
I love the art and designs, but the animation and fights seem so slow and silly. I even like some of the humor and characterizations, but I mean nothing adds up. Some guys have really strong lasers, some don't? If I'm a combiner and I'm being pinned by the head, I'd be inclined to uncombine...
And I need to back in this thread, because I still don't even grasp what is going on with Megatronus and Starscream and Overlord and Solus Prime.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958509)
Posted by Galactic Prime on May 9th, 2018 @ 4:21pm CDT
Posted by Galactic Prime on May 9th, 2018 @ 4:21pm CDT
This show is as F'ing terrible as the last two were. It's almost as if Hasbro's right hand said to these giant a$$clowns, here take G1 characters, and make a show, the fans have been crying for one for the last 2 decades, but make it really F'ing crappy so they learn never to ask for one again.
But then Hasbro's left hand goes and gives us all these kick a$$ G1 update toys.
F'ing morons.
But then Hasbro's left hand goes and gives us all these kick a$$ G1 update toys.
F'ing morons.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958529)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 9th, 2018 @ 5:20pm CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 9th, 2018 @ 5:20pm CDT
I can live with them not acting like the g1 versions as that would be boring but this...this doesn't work but I get the feeling that hasbro probably already signed off on what's to follow and so, has lost any sense of concern that this series does well. I mean will they really contract these people to do a war for cybertron series for next year? I know hasbro is more pumped for the cyberverse show as that's geared towards the traditional market but I think there's space for three TF shows if done right. Or they could do what DC have been doing for years and do direct to DVD features based around different stories pulled from across the different universes. They could call it Transformers Multiverse and have stories based on classic g1 strips, updates of classic g1 episodes with much better animation and scripting. These scope there but alas, I think money issues would sink it...hence why we've got these in the first place
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958530)
Posted by Galactic Prime on May 9th, 2018 @ 5:24pm CDT
I never said anything about them acting like the G1 characters, although that would be a HUGE improvement.
Posted by Galactic Prime on May 9th, 2018 @ 5:24pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:I can live with them not acting like the g1 versions as that would be boring but this...this doesn't work but I get the feeling that hasbro probably already signed off on what's to follow and so, has lost any sense of concern that this series does well. I mean will they really contract these people to do a war for cybertron series for next year? I know hasbro is more pumped for the cyberverse show as that's geared towards the traditional market but I think there's space for three TF shows if done right. Or they could do what DC have been doing for years and do direct to DVD features based around different stories pulled from across the different universes. They could call it Transformers Multiverse and have stories based on classic g1 strips, updates of classic g1 episodes with much better animation and scripting. These scope there but alas, I think money issues would sink it...hence why we've got these in the first place
I never said anything about them acting like the G1 characters, although that would be a HUGE improvement.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958535)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 9th, 2018 @ 5:36pm CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 9th, 2018 @ 5:36pm CDT
Nah, the only place they should act like their g1 selves is in the g1 toon, that's all. I mean they had a good thing going in Titan Returns with Megatron being a good sarcastic shade of grey, but here they wasted it. How many eps is this supposed to be again?
Right now I'm betting that Primal will show up, merge his spark that of Optimus Prime (achieving a nod to the beast wars show) to achieve hos optimal Optimus form before laying waste to the bad guys with a macguffin of some sort.
Right now I'm betting that Primal will show up, merge his spark that of Optimus Prime (achieving a nod to the beast wars show) to achieve hos optimal Optimus form before laying waste to the bad guys with a macguffin of some sort.
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958553)
Posted by Ultra Markus on May 9th, 2018 @ 8:36pm CDT
i kind of would rather have them do a continuation from rebirth and have it lead into where they are now but then that would mean no megatron
Posted by Ultra Markus on May 9th, 2018 @ 8:36pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Nah, the only place they should act like their g1 selves is in the g1 toon, that's all. I mean they had a good thing going in Titan Returns with Megatron being a good sarcastic shade of grey, but here they wasted it. How many eps is this supposed to be again?
Right now I'm betting that Primal will show up, merge his spark that of Optimus Prime (achieving a nod to the beast wars show) to achieve hos optimal Optimus form before laying waste to the bad guys with a macguffin of some sort.
i kind of would rather have them do a continuation from rebirth and have it lead into where they are now but then that would mean no megatron
Re: Teleporting Slugs: Machinima's Transformers Power of the Primes Episode 1 REVIEW (1958701)
Posted by o.supreme on May 10th, 2018 @ 10:13am CDT
You might think it would be boring, and that's all well and good, but trust me. Tons of fans of the original animated series, including myself, wish for the day the original animated series continuity will be returned to in some form. It would be no doubt, the most popular animated entry since TF Prime, and BW before that.
Now this I agree with, and have been asking for it for years. DC has done more than 30 animated films in the past 10 years. Some are great, some mediocre, and some downright awful, but I'm still glad they exist. Prior to recent events, naysayers would always tell me it was "too expensive" to produce direct to home media films from Hasbro, but after the recent acquisition of Saban, and what they paid, they literally could have made at least 15 animated films with that amount of money. Getting just 2 films per year that focus on different continuities in the TF Multiverse would be amazing, I'd be all for it.
Posted by o.supreme on May 10th, 2018 @ 10:13am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:I can live with them not acting like the g1 versions as that would be boring
You might think it would be boring, and that's all well and good, but trust me. Tons of fans of the original animated series, including myself, wish for the day the original animated series continuity will be returned to in some form. It would be no doubt, the most popular animated entry since TF Prime, and BW before that.
ZeroWolf wrote:Or they could do what DC have been doing for years and do direct to DVD features based around different stories pulled from across the different universes.
Now this I agree with, and have been asking for it for years. DC has done more than 30 animated films in the past 10 years. Some are great, some mediocre, and some downright awful, but I'm still glad they exist. Prior to recent events, naysayers would always tell me it was "too expensive" to produce direct to home media films from Hasbro, but after the recent acquisition of Saban, and what they paid, they literally could have made at least 15 animated films with that amount of money. Getting just 2 films per year that focus on different continuities in the TF Multiverse would be amazing, I'd be all for it.
